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Manifolds and Mechanics

Manifolds and Mechanics

Manifolds and Mechanics

Arthur Jones
Alistair Gray
Robert Hutton
July 1987
Paperback
9780521336505
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    This book provides an easy introduction to the theory of differentiable manifolds. The authors then show how the theory can be used to develop, simply but rigorously, the theory of Lanrangian mechanics directly from Newton's laws. Unnecessary abstraction has been avoided to produce an account suitable for students in mathematics or physics who have taken courses in advanced calculus.

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    July 1987
    Paperback
    9780521336505
    176 pages
    229 × 152 × 10 mm
    0.27kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Calculus preliminaries
    • 2. Differential manifolds
    • 3. Submanifolds
    • 4. Differentiability
    • 5. Tangent spaces and maps
    • 6. Tangent bundles as manifolds
    • 7. Partial derivatives
    • 8. Deriving Langrange's equations
    • 9. Form of Langrange's equations
    • 10. Vectorfields
    • 11. Langrangian vectorfields
    • 12. Flows
    • 13. The spherical pendulum
    • 14. Rigid bodies.
      Authors
    • Arthur Jones
    • Alistair Gray
    • Robert Hutton